#4B161B#4B161B

#4B161B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.080 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B161B
RGB	rgb(75, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 64%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.25, 25.51, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.25, 27.48, 21.81°)
OKLab	oklab(28.79% 0.0762 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(28.79% 0.08 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3867, 2.1493, 1.2732)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B161B #164B46

analogous

#4B1636 #4B161B #4B2C16

triadic

#4B161B #1B4B16 #161B4B

tetradic

#4B161B #364B16 #164B46 #2C164B

square

#4B161B #364B16 #164B46 #2C164B

split-complementary

#4B161B #164B2C #16364B

monochromatic

#180709 #1C080A #4B161B #7A242C #AA323D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#4B161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4B161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B161B

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B161B	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23211B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#530C18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.080 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815657',
    500: '#4b161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b161b;
$custom-light: #815657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.34,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28792,
    "c": 0.08026,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B161B

secondary

#3A837C

accent

#DED04A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B161B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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